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Police investigate triple homicide at eatery

WASHINGTON — Three kitchen employees at a restaurant were found shot in the head inside a walk-in freezer in what police suspect was a robbery.

The victims are Rodney Barnes, 47, a dishwasher; Neomi Payne, 48, a cook; and Joshua Greenberg, 34, a head chef. They had been preparing for brunch at Colonel Brooks' Tavern, which is not in a high-crime neighborhood.

A restaurant manager called police after hearing gunshots and escaping through a second-story window. Police said money was missing from the restaurant and speculated that two perpetrators were involved.